MERN Governance

MERN is a national umbrella network for member NGOs in Myanmar. Membership is open to organizations registered, or in the process of being registered, with the Myanmar government and that are implementing or supporting on-going programs in Myanmar on issues related to the environment as per the MERN Charter, 2014.

MERN governance is open only to MERN members, elected by member organizations, but has provisions for outside advisors. As per the MERN Charter 2014, MERN’s mandate and scope of work is to follow its vision and mission. MERN has an updated Charter, which the governance board (Central Executive Committee) is obliged to follow.